Security Resilience

CVE-2024-21782

Command Injection in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager 15.1.0 – 15.1.9

Command Injection
Published
14 February 2024
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0018 7th percentile
Risk Priority 47 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-21782 is a medium-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique NTDS (T1003.003); ranked at the 7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

BIG-IP or BIG-IQ Resource Administrators and Certificate Managers who have access to the secure copy (scp) utility but do not have access to Advanced shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands with a specially crafted command string. This vulnerability is due…

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to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5873. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
attack.mitre.org →
T1007 System Service Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.
attack.mitre.org →
T1010 Application Window Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of open application windows.
attack.mitre.org →
T1021.004 SSH Lateral Movement
Adversaries may use [Valid Accounts](https://attack.
attack.mitre.org →
T1021.008 Direct Cloud VM Connections Lateral Movement
Adversaries may leverage [Valid Accounts](https://attack.
attack.mitre.org →
T1027.001 Binary Padding Stealth
Adversaries may use binary padding to add junk data and change the on-disk representation of malware.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-53868Same product: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2026-34176Same product: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2026-42924Same product: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2025-20029Same product: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2023-28742Same product: F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System
CVE-2025-60013Same vendor: F5
CVE-2024-30368Same product class: WAF / load balancer
CVE-2014-7169Same product: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2014-6271Same product: F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2023-36670Shared CWE-78

Affected Assets

f5
big-ip access policy manager
17.1.0 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.9 · 16.1.0 — 16.1.4
f5
big-iq centralized management
8.0.0 — 8.3.0
f5
big-ip advanced firewall manager
17.1.0 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.9 · 16.1.0 — 16.1.4
f5
big-ip analytics
17.1.0 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.9 · 16.1.0 — 16.1.4
f5
big-ip application acceleration manager
17.1.0 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.9 · 16.1.0 — 16.1.4
f5
big-ip application security manager
17.1.0 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.9 · 16.1.0 — 16.1.4
f5
big-ip domain name system
17.1.0 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.9 · 16.1.0 — 16.1.4
f5
big-ip fraud protection service
17.1.0 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.9 · 16.1.0 — 16.1.4
f5
big-ip global traffic manager
17.1.0 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.9 · 16.1.0 — 16.1.4
f5
big-ip link controller
17.1.0 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.9 · 16.1.0 — 16.1.4
+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect command sanitization during development.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly neutralizes or rejects special characters that would otherwise alter OS command structure.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

Least privilege reduces the permissions available to any process that could be subverted by injected commands.

CM-7 Least Functionality partial match

Least functionality restricts available OS commands and interpreters, limiting the blast radius of injection.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Secure engineering principles require proper neutralization of untrusted input before command construction.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
blocks

PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.

PR.PS-02 partial match
blocks

Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

References